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Heave Ho cover art

Heave Ho

Le Cartel Studio · Devolver Digital · 2019-08-29

SteamGOGMicrosoft Store

AdventureIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Aug 29, 2019 (Mac), Aug 29, 2019 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Aug 29, 2019 (Nintendo Switch)

Heave Ho is a riotous multiplayer party game for up to four players in couch co-op and versus play, or online with Steam Remote Play. Reach out, get a grip, and swing to victory — or meet your messy end!

Heave Ho is an Adventure and Indie game released in 2019, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 100,000 to 200,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 2607 reviews).

10
playing now
91%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
100,000–200,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
80/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
72/100
IGDB user rating (24 ratings)
1
Nexus mods (1 downloads)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

10 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 14:00 UTC (census sample)

Heave Ho is a platform party video game developed by Le Cartel Studio and published by Devolver Digital. In Heave Ho, players must navigate their characters through a ravine across a series of increasingly complex levels in order to reach the end goal. The game's physics system allows players to launch their characters to safety through stretching movements and interactions with other player characters. Heave Ho was released worldwide for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Nintendo Switch on August 29, 2019, to a generally positive critical reception, with many critics praising it as an exemplary cooperative video game. A version for Amazon Luna was made available on February 3, 2022.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 10 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 123 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~15/week).
  • · Review velocity up 37% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,771 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 65k–156k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,607 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Fanatical$2.49-75%
GOG$3.99-60%
Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.49 at GOG (2020-08-24) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 126 of 175 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
25525520192026Week of 2019-08-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 255 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 43 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2612026-09-15 00:00 — 17 players2026-09-16 08:00 — 2 players2026-09-17 15:00 — 9 players2026-09-18 23:00 — 9 players2026-09-20 06:00 — 14 players2026-09-21 14:00 — 14 players2026-09-22 22:00 — 5 players2026-09-24 05:00 — 3 players2026-09-25 13:00 — 17 players2026-09-26 20:00 — 19 players2026-09-28 04:00 — 4 players2026-09-29 11:00 — 7 players2026-09-30 19:00 — 11 players2026-10-02 02:00 — 11 players2026-10-03 10:00 — 16 players2026-10-04 18:00 — 26 players2026-10-06 01:00 — 23 players2026-10-07 09:00 — 12 players2026-10-08 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-10 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-11 07:00 — 14 players2026-10-12 15:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 23:00 — 9 players2026-10-14 14:00 — 10 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
7314Sep 2019Aug 2026Sep 2019 — avg 26 · peak 76Dec 2019 — avg 66 · peak 205Mar 2020 — avg 52 · peak 157Jun 2020 — avg 73 · peak 211Sep 2020 — avg 36 · peak 99Dec 2020 — avg 40 · peak 151Mar 2021 — avg 36 · peak 195Jun 2021 — avg 29 · peak 74Sep 2021 — avg 22 · peak 68Dec 2021 — avg 31 · peak 111Mar 2022 — avg 30 · peak 79Jun 2022 — avg 24 · peak 62Sep 2022 — avg 24 · peak 79Dec 2022 — avg 26 · peak 112Mar 2023 — avg 22 · peak 63Jun 2023 — avg 20 · peak 51Sep 2023 — avg 16 · peak 50Dec 2023 — avg 22 · peak 84Mar 2024 — avg 19 · peak 60Jun 2024 — avg 18 · peak 54Sep 2024 — avg 15 · peak 51Dec 2024 — avg 21 · peak 82Mar 2025 — avg 16 · peak 58Jun 2025 — avg 17 · peak 46Sep 2025 — avg 19 · peak 73Dec 2025 — avg 33 · peak 106Mar 2026 — avg 27 · peak 87Jun 2026 — avg 24 · peak 73Aug 2026 — avg 19 · peak 45
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$14.99$2.132019-08-012026-10-142019-08-01 — best price $8.992019-12-03 — best price $6.992020-01-23 — best price $5.992020-04-01 — best price $6.992020-07-25 — best price $9.992020-12-07 — best price $9.492021-05-18 — best price $9.992021-09-06 — best price $9.992022-01-27 — best price $4.992022-04-04 — best price $9.992022-06-24 — best price $4.992022-09-28 — best price $9.992022-12-23 — best price $3.032023-04-05 — best price $3.992023-06-26 — best price $4.952023-08-29 — best price $7.992023-11-29 — best price $9.992024-02-14 — best price $3.992024-05-03 — best price $3.992024-07-16 — best price $3.992024-09-30 — best price $9.992024-12-18 — best price $4.002025-02-15 — best price $4.002025-04-25 — best price $9.992025-07-17 — best price $3.992025-10-06 — best price $9.992025-12-09 — best price $2.132026-03-03 — best price $2.492026-04-29 — best price $3.562026-06-05 — best price $2.132026-08-17 — best price $2.132026-09-14 — best price $2.492026-10-09 — best price $9.992026-10-14 — best price $3.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

6482026-05-21 — 13 pageviews2026-05-25 — 12 pageviews2026-05-29 — 14 pageviews2026-06-02 — 15 pageviews2026-06-06 — 17 pageviews2026-06-10 — 12 pageviews2026-06-14 — 23 pageviews2026-06-18 — 24 pageviews2026-06-22 — 22 pageviews2026-06-26 — 38 pageviews2026-06-30 — 28 pageviews2026-07-04 — 12 pageviews2026-07-08 — 34 pageviews2026-07-12 — 22 pageviews2026-07-16 — 64 pageviews2026-07-20 — 45 pageviews2026-07-24 — 26 pageviews2026-07-28 — 33 pageviews2026-08-01 — 31 pageviews2026-08-05 — 30 pageviews2026-08-09 — 47 pageviews2026-08-13 — 18 pageviews2026-08-17 — 20 pageviews2026-08-21 — 21 pageviews2026-08-25 — 25 pageviews2026-08-29 — 26 pageviews2026-09-02 — 19 pageviews2026-09-06 — 23 pageviews2026-09-10 — 18 pageviews2026-09-14 — 18 pageviews2026-09-18 — 19 pageviews2026-09-22 — 14 pageviews2026-09-26 — 30 pageviews2026-09-30 — 10 pageviews2026-10-04 — 17 pageviews2026-10-08 — 14 pageviews2026-10-12 — 18 pageviews2026-10-13 — 29 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

23
achievements tracked
43.4%
earned "One token for the machine!"
7.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

11 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Italian

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-09-18 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6,0891%23
Switch (Nintendo)3380%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyIndiePartyPhysicsAdventureParty GamePlatformerLocal Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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